Anyone form brass for this oldster? Is it necessary to anneal the brass near the mouth, or can you just lube factory .44 brass and run it through the B&D sizer die? Thanks.

I have been forming brass for this one for about 25 years. If you start with virgin brass you might lose 1 out of 50, if you use once fired brass you will probably lose 10 or more. I've never had a forming die for the B&D, I just use my reloading die. It's one of the easiest wildcats to form. Have fun, I know I have and still will. I have an 1894 Marlin in 357 B&D also.

Steve E..........

I would be tempted to set a FL 41 Mag sizing die to the same length as the caseneck and go that intermediate step. But Steve has one, and run 'em in and load 'em seems to work.

Rich

I picked up a brand new 357/44 reamer for $20.00 at a gunshow some time ago. I figured if I ever found a set of dies cheap I'd make one. If someone wants to use the reamer in the mean time, give a holler.

Like Steve said...
Lube it, run it through the sizer die, clean off the lube and proceed...
Cheers,
Don

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Originally posted by Don Edwards:
Like Steve said...
Lube it, run it through the sizer die, clean off the lube and proceed...
Cheers,
Don

Yep, works for me.

Thanks everyone. I imagine that's why the shoulder angle was made so shallow.

The shoulder angle is shallow so upon firing the expanding brass won't back out of the cylinder, binding it up.

Woody